Notices and Releases

1- Okay, I’ve made the call! / They can’t come here, but…- I’ve called together all the gourmet chefs employed by my restaurant chain, that’s around 50 thousand people. / I told them to convene at Kitchen Dome, which has 50 thousand kitchens…!!Page left: Coming from all over to save all of humanity…Below panel: Toriko

- 20 thousand people from my store are coming…!- I’ll have them gather in the plaza close by, where everyone has taken refuge.

- We have 10 thousand people…- And we’ve tried to contact as many gourmet chefs from other gourmet schools as possible.

69- I— / see you every morning at the station— / and I was thinking, damn she’s cute, you know?- So you wanna go out?

Insert: 44th song

70- You should have refused.

- Eh? / So quickly, Kana-chan!?- Of course. / He’s from another school and doesn’t know a thing about you.- But! But!

- That was the first time I’ve been asked out!- This might be the only chance I get!

- Her first time? For real? / She really is a waste of a beauty…Bold SFX: psst psst- But it’s true that the more time I spend around her the less I think of her as pretty. / I only thought it at first.- I think the fact she’s not popular with guys at our school… / has more to do with...
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1- Chapter 680 “Marine G-5 Base Leader ‘Velgo of the Kichiku’” [NB. Kichiku is made up of characters meaning “demon” and “bamboo”]Panel bottom: Caribou frolicking in the New World / Vol. 6 “To the other side of the sea at the speed of Fishmen!!”

2Box: Building A to Building B PassagewayText below box: run for your life!!- To think he’d sacrifice the laboratory and let the gas in!!

Zolo: We can’t let our guards down yet! Hurry, Brownbeard!!Brownbeard: When did all of you get on my back!!??Brownbeard: I thought something was heavy!!!

Zolo: My sincerest apologies. Please put up with it…!!Zolo: —but this is the only way!!

153- A match with the former Queen…- Yamamoto Yumi-san.Logo insert: 41st song

- Th-- This is…!

Top box: Yamamoto side- There are 5 one-syllable cards in my opponent’s territory!? / And there are 7 three-syllable cards, with all the rest being two-syllable cards.- A formation that lets me attack as much as I want…!!Bottom box: Chihaya side

154All 3 arrows: Her favourite- Lucky!

155- I missed watching this year’s Queen Tournament, but…Arrow: deerMat arrow: tiger- we all watched last year’s tournament at Harada-sensei’s house. / in a living room that reminds you of a yakuza hideout- Player Yamamoto, congratulations on winning your first ever Queen...
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124- Tachikawa Ririka lost?- Ayase Chihaya? Who’s that?- She was kept under wraps by Shiranami Meet’s Harada-san, apparently. / She started competing this year, and has been making progress since.- Ohh—Bubble above Sudou: That was some speed in the second half!- I heard she won against Hokuou’s Sudou-kun in the High School Championship Qualifiers.Sudou: irkOther side of Chihaya: What the heck? She’s a real pretty one—- S- such a small face~~!- Is she this year’s dark horse?

66- The passage writing for English this time was a piece of cake!- Oh? / You weren’t fooled by the trap?- Eh? What trap?- It seemed like it was asking for the time, but it was actually asking for the speed.- Eh?

- Hiru ha kietsutsu mono wo koso omoe—

- Yuusareba—- Whoa! They’ve started already!

- Ayase couldn’t wait, could she. / I feel sorry for Desk-kun— / since they’re in the same classAbove door: can’t enter…- They must’ve not eaten lunch.- It can’t be helped. / Chihaya-chan didn’t talk about Karuta at all during exam period,...
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0003- Huh!? By “cover” you didn’t mean the one in colour!?- And I especially bought this from Ooe Traditional Wear!!- The proprietress said- Pink suits you [heart]- that…- can they tell that it’s pink—!?

02- Characters & StoryChihaya: Ayase Chihaya / In 6th grade, she met Arata and came into contact with competitive Karuta for the first time. Naturally blessed with sharp hearing, she began utilizing this exceptional ability once she started playing Karuta.Arata: Wataya Arata / The one who led Chihaya into the world of Karuta. His grandfather holds the title of Eisei Meijin. After graduating from primary school, he returned to his hometown of...
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- The three books come to 1520yen.- Ah, I don’t need a bag.- I beg your pardon.

Magazine title: Weepy heavenMagazine corner: November issue

- Thank you very much.- See you.

Mag: November issue

160- Boring!- Eh?- Not enough flirting!!

- Your grandpa used to be called the Clint Eatwood of Awara City, so I’m really… / looking forward to seeing you turn into a CHARMER like him!- I’d rather not be subjected to pressure to live up to an image built up by questionable magazines.- Arata-kun! Arata-kun!

- Someday, this shop will be filled with charming ladies… / not middle-aged...
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- Today’s goal was to play “Karuta that’s not too fast”…- yet why am I having that pointed out to me!?

39- Momo shiki ya—- A ghost card!!

- Shino buredo—- Another ghost card!!Text outside panel: In matches 50 cards are used, but all 100 cards are read. Because of this, there are cards read which are not in play, and these are called ghost cards.

02- Characters & StoryChihaya: Ayase Chihaya / In 6th grade, she met Arata and came into contact with competitive Karuta for the first time. Naturally blessed with sharp hearing, she began utilizing this exceptional ability once she started playing Karuta.Arata: Wataya Arata / The one who led Chihaya into the world of Karuta. His grandfather holds the title of Eisei Meijin. After graduating from primary school, he returned to his hometown of Fukui with his family in order to look after his ailing grandfather, leaving behind Chihaya and everyone else. [NB. Eisei Meijin – literally Eternal Meijin, bestowed upon players who have...
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